I would not add calls until you know how to use them. nobody buys a trumpet and walks up on stage to play. They take lessons.

Duck calls are the best way to scare ducks away if you do not know what you are doing.

Join your local Delta or SCWA committee, read their magazines, buy some books and do some scouting (not during the morning during duck season). Then pick out a couple of places you want to try and go for it.

bigsprig wrote:I would not add calls until you know how to use them. nobody buys a trumpet and walks up on stage to play. They take lessons.

Duck calls are the best way to scare ducks away if you do not know what you are doing.

Join your local Delta or SCWA committee, read their magazines, buy some books and do some scouting (not during the morning during duck season). Then pick out a couple of places you want to try and go for it.

Good luck

There is still enough time before season for him to learn to blow a call with enough practice.

You know your hunting in South Carolina when a bunch of ducks fly in and you shot both of them!!

If you have a boat...Leave the landing before sunrise..you hunted ducks before so you know what they look like in the air...Get into an open area where u can see a ways in all directions and when they fly make ur way towards them...when u find em look at what they are near..OAK tree drooping acrons over river in the bend??? food source..Where did the fly from..where did they land??? All that can be done is scout we arent your next door neighbor and wont give our spots away...It takes time and practice..Ill give the guy who rides 4 scouting trips with me at 5AM more info than the guy who wants to hunt with me 3xs a week...The scouter put his time in...Thats all IT takes...Go out and look..research the rivers and previous duck kills in ur area....Learn the nearby plantations(ur in SC, theres always a plantation) in ur area...I wont ever show you my honey hole..You show up for a late OCT scouting trip and then a few more after that with snacks and beer...Guess what you earned the spot in my boat to hunt those areas with me....Its common sense put ur time in and itll work out..Best of luck stay safe and if ur in the Beaufort area PM me..

bigsprig wrote:I would not add calls until you know how to use them. nobody buys a trumpet and walks up on stage to play. They take lessons.

Duck calls are the best way to scare ducks away if you do not know what you are doing.

Join your local Delta or SCWA committee, read their magazines, buy some books and do some scouting (not during the morning during duck season). Then pick out a couple of places you want to try and go for it.

Good luck

scwa lmao amd that should be lmmfao , delta should never be put in the same sentence with them.

Woodiewacker wrote:If you have a boat...Leave the landing before sunrise..you hunted ducks before so you know what they look like in the air...Get into an open area where u can see a ways in all directions and when they fly make ur way towards them...when u find em look at what they are near..OAK tree drooping acrons over river in the bend??? food source..Where did the fly from..where did they land??? All that can be done is scout we arent your next door neighbor and wont give our spots away...It takes time and practice..Ill give the guy who rides 4 scouting trips with me at 5AM more info than the guy who wants to hunt with me 3xs a week...The scouter put his time in...Thats all IT takes...Go out and look..research the rivers and previous duck kills in ur area....Learn the nearby plantations(ur in SC, theres always a plantation) in ur area...I wont ever show you my honey hole..You show up for a late OCT scouting trip and then a few more after that with snacks and beer...Guess what you earned the spot in my boat to hunt those areas with me....Its common sense put ur time in and itll work out..Best of luck stay safe and if ur in the Beaufort area PM me..

i agree 100%. this answered almost every beginning question all at one time. and it shouldnt be too hard to find an open area like woodiewhacker said because charleston is surrounded by water. I'm as well in the beaufort area